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Why is it that AOSP only has 5 home screens and Sense has 7?
Depends on the launcher. You can always add or subtract with adw and salvage mod and miui are changeable as well. I use one screen on adw
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I've always found ADW to be the best of all options. Way better than stock and Sense.
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MIUI has as many screens as you want
The original aosp launcher has five and can't add anymore reason being I think they don't want the phone to get bogged down to much
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I've been using Go Launcher Ex and its far smoother then ADW IMO. You can add as many home screens as you want but I stick to 3
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I have an unrooted epic and I was wondering if there are any good launchers for my phone, I'm getting a little tired of go launcher
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megacoolrock said:
I have an unrooted epic and I was wondering if there are any good launchers for my phone, I'm getting a little tired of go launcher
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Launcher Pro/Plus, ADW and ADW Ex, Zeam very outdated, Stock. But Go Launcher is nice why do you feel bored of it?
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+1 for Zeam. Been stuck on that since Bonsai 4.0. Got my girl to switch because ADW was slowing her phone down and screwing up with the dock disappearing.
I've only ever used TW launcher and Go Launcher. I'm a big fan of Go Launcher.
XxLostSoulxX said:
Launcher Pro/Plus, ADW and ADW Ex, Zeam very outdated, Stock. But Go Launcher is nice why do you feel bored of it?
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Just for something different, i got this phone about a year ago, ive had the same launcher, just looking for a different feel
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megacoolrock said:
Just for something different, i got this phone about a year ago, ive had the same launcher, just looking for a different feel
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There is that SPB 3D launcher but that is paid and too much $$$. Looks cool for 10 minutes.
kennyglass123 said:
There is that SPB 3D launcher but that is paid and too much $$$. Looks cool for 10 minutes.
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We all know there are cough "other ways" cough
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We all know there are cough "other ways" cough
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You *cough* know and i *cough* know...how do you think I know it was only interesting for 10 minutes...LOL.
Root and flash MIUI4 or CM9. You'll like the way you look
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LauncherPro is awesome, even though it hasn't been updated in a year. I've tried Go a few times but it always seems to get cranky and sluggish after a few hours of use. To me it seems like Go is an unfinished project.
i always used launcherpro up until i started running CM9.. Trebuchet works well enough. Been meaning to play with some of the other ICS launchers, just been lazy.
I was using ics launcher and loved it till I started running cm9
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+1 for launcher pro. Used on stock and still using it on CM7. Love the widgets for it as well. It hasn't been updated in a year because it doesn't need to be IMO.
Nova. Oh right, Gingerbread. Damn outdated software :-\ .
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my ranking system:
1.)Zeam ---> (incredibly fast, smooth scrolling, laggy app drawer scrolling on gingerbread (not on ICS), stable.) Very light memory usage.
2.)Launcher Pro---> (Amazing desktop scrolling smoothness, very smooth app drawer scrolling, some weird bugs, stable) Moderate memory usage.
3.)Go Launcher--->(Less smooth than Launcher pro, little bugs, very stable) Medium memory usage.
4.)ADW--->(Laggy scrolling, very fast, weird bugs, stable) Light memory usage.
keep in mind every phone is different and every experience will vary based on ROM/Kernel combinations, however, these are the launchers that have worked best for me. I still stand by zeam even though its ancient, still the best launcher I have used to date. In <3 with it. Zeam is extremely light on RAM consumption and is incredibly fast.... most people dont notice the difference, but my picky ass does.
I've been running Go with CM9...I just love the folders in the app drawer, makes it so nice clean and neat. But on my Acer A100, I run ADW Ex...to me, it just seem to run a little better on the tab. Besides, there alot more screen real estate there...heh
I went through a nemus launcher phas for a while. It has really cool folders/grouping and is generally snappy.
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megacoolrock said:
Just for something different, i got this phone about a year ago, ive had the same launcher, just looking for a different feel
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Have you tried different themes on Go Launcher??
launcher pro
nuff said
360 launcher!
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I wanted to give TouchWiz a chance but I could only deal with it for about an hour. At first I replaced it with Holo Launcher since thats what I used on my SGS Vibrant but it was a bit buggy on the SGS3. I then installed Nova Launcher and its been pretty good.
Whats your favorite launcher to replace TouchWiz?
Apex Pro, no doubt!
Pebble Blue Samsung Galaxy S3 (T-Mobile Style)
Agreed apex pro
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Nova Prime hands down.
Hands down after testing all of them the lightest and most customizable is adwlauncher ex.
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Hands down after testing all of them the lightest and most customizable is adwlauncher ex.
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You're kidding right ?
Hmm just for fun this should have been a poll hehe.
Apex pro for me so far is the best. It's fast, minimal, but feature packed. I used a bunch of other ones but they either too bloated, development is dead, or I noticed my battery starting to suffer. Apex pro is owning hard.
Does using an alternate launcher actually avoid loading touch wiz in the background? Asking because i see TW uses about 70 mb of ram and i don't really want two launchers taking up memory in the background.
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Go Launcher Ex all the way, just as fast as Nova or Apex but with more features. I have tried all 3 and I noticed Nova is a bit smoother than Go Launcher but I dont think its worth it to give up the customization that Goi Launcher offers
Nova Prime!
Apex pro without a doubt
Gotta agree with some of the others. Nova.
Apex pro here
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Tried them all, Go Launcher Ex is the best one I have used, they also have a lot of other apps, like Go SMS, Go Calender widget, that are integrated very nicely.
Give them a try and go with what suits your needs best, I did and I always went back to Go Launcher Ex.
They all copy from each other, Apex, Go, and ADW seem to have the same level of customization options, plus or minus one or two here and there.
Apex pro ftw. My girlfriend uses Nova and they are pretty much the same.
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androidmonkey said:
I wanted to give TouchWiz a chance but I could only deal with it for about an hour. At first I replaced it with Holo Launcher since thats what I used on my SGS Vibrant but it was a bit buggy on the SGS3. I then installed Nova Launcher and its been pretty good.
Whats your favorite launcher to replace TouchWiz?
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Apex pro, faster than the others. Never has f/c yet.
Threw APEX Pro on it soon as I got it.
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Nova......!
Go launcher ex is really nice and has a lot of cool features
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Hi all i used holo lancher for cm7.But i want to know which lancher do you prefer? Which is the best but with an good interface?
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I used ADW Ex tons, but towards the end I switched to Launcher Pro.
And just like with ROMs, there is no best. Its all up to the user and their subjective opinion.
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launcher pro
i prefer launcher pro is best
I just use ADW that came with CM7.. Before I rooted I used and loved GO Launcher but it did take up a lot of room. Launcher Pro is great, but I personally prefer the feel ADW..
Hope this helps,
Francis. :beer:
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For CM7 I use ADW EX
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Holo Launcher, you get an ICS launcher on GB
For me the best still adw moded sense lancher.It give you sense interface in all rom.
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Holo Launcher
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Holo d best
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my htc
I prefer Launcher Pro. For me, has the best usability/spped ratio.
it depends what u want to have (; for speed launcher pro of course and for nice looking and animations inprefer adw ex. go launcher is also fine but quite slow for me );
Taptapped from my little killer iPod 4G (;
If you want a highly customizable, pick the go launcher.
Agenda, Weather widget, app killer are al pro's. One big con: it's turning your wildfire slowww as mentioned above.
I recently switched to Nova launcher and it seems like its overall smoother than Apex launcher which is what I've been using previously. What launchers have given you the best performance on ICS.
I'm also trying to figure out how to get other governors that would help with performance without killing my battery for AOKP Milestone 6.
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I like nova prime. But atom launcher is also a good favorite. Very light. I used atom on CNA and aokp and had great results
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Everything except go launcher ex is good.
All others have pros and cons. Go launcher feels like too much bloat. Dont know why.
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I have had good performance with apex, however I do like nova as well. Would put them as top 2, in no order.
In my experience, apex is far smoother than nova. Nova was very unresponsive for me.
I looove apex or stock launcher
Tappin' Typin'
I always use apex.. tried nova didn't like it
And go launcher is a big hell no
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
Nova seems nice to me especially since I got it for 25 cents. Lol
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Another vote for apex, smooth and great on battery.
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I really don't get the Apex/Nova rave on our device. Sammy gives us the stock launcher, you just have to switch to it. I only use Nova because I got it when it was on sale, not worth the regular price in my opinion.
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kingsway8605 said:
I really don't get the Apex/Nova rave on our device. Sammy gives us the stock launcher, you just have to switch to it. I only use Nova because I got it when it was on sale, not worth the regular price in my opinion.
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Apex just gives me a "Stock +" experience. I don't even use as many features as it has. Mainly just to use home button as app drawer(when on home screen), and have app/folder options in the scrollable dock.
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Best performance is stock launcher for me.
I have purchased and tried out both Nova and Apex Pro launchers. After using them both for a while I settled on Apex launcher. I am on a rooted stock jellybean firmware, Poland rollout. Both launchers are very similar in terms of overall design and behaviour but i chose Apex for the following reasons;
1.Fewer ui and app drawer redraws this is possibly because of the keep in memory feature which is not there in Nova. This might consume more memory but for me the resulting smoothness is worth it.
2. Unread email count, to put this into perspective understand I have three Gmail accounts set up on my phone. In Apex I get the total unread count across all 3 accounts whilst Nova gives me total unread for only the main account associated with my device.
The one thing i missed in Apex from Nova was the import homescreen feature as i had to set up my widgets all over again in Apex. That said i am sticking to Apex for now.
GoLaucher Ex is now unistalled from my S3 until further notice but it seems to still work reasonably well on my S2
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im using nova prime and liking it. came from apex pro which is very good
Wrong section much?
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apex, holo hd, and tsf shell
Nova Prime. The best so far. IMO
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Another vote for Apex here.
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Wrong section much?
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Nobody likes a rent-a-mod sir.
+1 for Nova prime.
I always choose Apex, its been my favorite since ICS. However, on Slick_Rick's latest AOKP it redraws almost every time I return to the home screen.
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